Wednesday is all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at constant-dollar spending strategies.
Fintech
- Blueprint Income looks to atomize the business of deferred annuities. (bloomberg.com)
- A closer look at the backlash Wealthfront's new risk party offering is facing. (riabiz.com)
Financial advisors
- Women make up 51% of the overall U.S. population, but they make up less than 16% of financial advisers. (investmentnews.com)
- Michael Kitces talks with Lee Munson of Portfolio Wealth Advisors. (kitces.com)
Taxes
- How to choose the right DIY tax software for yourself. (consumerreports.org)
- Want to save on taxes? Form a cooperative. (bloomberg.com)
Investing
- A short video: sensible investing in a nutshell. (evidenceinvestor.co.uk)
- It takes some time (and patience) to see your savings compound. (humbledollar.com)
- Everyone's risk tolerance and knowledge is different: gender stereotypes don't help. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- Your brokerage statement probably sucks. (forbes.com)
Retirement
- What it's really like to retire early. (financialsamurai.com)
- Some counterintuitive ideas for the perfect retirement spending strategy. (obliviousinvestor.com)
- On the promise and peril of 'one more year syndrome.' (whitecoatinvestor.com)
Lessons
- How to deal with lifestyle creep. (peterlazaroff.com)
- How money and confidence are interchangeable. (mrmoneymustache.com)
- How a pool of no-question-asked money can save your relationship. (slate.com)
- Being successful is about a whole lot more than money (and debt). (themaven.net)
- Ten lessons learned from buying a boat. (whitecoatinvestor.com)
Old stuff
- The wealthy are now shunning Persian rugs, and the like. (nytimes.com)
- Nobody wants your old sh*t anymore: on the bear market in antiques. (marginalrevolution.com)